"FIFA seems to have made a mistake in giving two years to Faisal group. As was expected, the other group would not accept it. Had FIFA assigned the task to an ad-hoc set-up, it could have been effective"
Tag: LHC
Threats to participating teams overshadow start of PFF Cup [Dawn]
SFA president Khadim Ali Shah threatens participating teams of 'dire consequences'. Ashraf Sugar Mills thrash Pak Steel 6-0 as SSWT withdraws from PFF Cup
‘LHC empowered administrator to hold PFF Cup’ [DAWN]
KARACHI: With the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Cup set to mark the return of football action in the country after...
Pakistan Football Federation, courts, and sports autonomy [Nation blogs]
by Ali Ahsan Pakistani football’s ongoing crisis is now entering its second year. 2015 saw controversial elections causing the Pakistan...
FIA stopped from probing PFF accounts [Dawn]
by Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday stopped Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from probing the accounts...
PFF Cup to kick off on 28th [Dawn]
24 teams (including 8 from Pakistan Premier Football League) to take part. K-Electric not to take part due to AFC Cup 2016 commitments.
Local politics pushes football off the field [Express Tribune]
Natasha Raheel recaps a crisis-ridden 2015 for PFF
Of corruption, despotism and power-struggles: into the murky world of football in Pakistan [Catch News]
by Bhargab Sarmah (Catch News, 30 December 2015) “Pakistan has promising bunch of players. But people here prefer personalities before...
Football returns to Pakistan next month with PFF Cup [Dawn]
KARACHI: After almost eight months of inaction, football is finally returning to Pakistan. The court-appointed Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) administrator,...
Pakistan Soccer in Turmoil, Both Off the Field and On [NYT]
John Duerden writes for the New York Times about abysmal state of affairs in Pakistani football in whole of 2015